overmaster
Example Sentences
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It was a welcome reminder that even in the rankly toxic House of Representatives, sometimes the personal transcends the ideological and that civility and empathy can overmaster appearances.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2012
As I came out of it a voice seemed constantly saying, "You are getting worse; your paroxysms are growing longer and deeper; they will overmaster you; you will die."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
I heard thee declare that Ben Jonson had no words to say how fair she was: would you better his description and overmaster him?
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
She was, however, not one of those who fold their hands and let circumstances overmaster them.
From The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France by Alfred H. Engelbach
The necessity of recovering it cooled for the moment the passion which had threatened to overmaster him.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
